GateHouse News Service New England Budget  Oct. 31, 2007

Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com.

cbiondi@gatehousemedia.com

Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com. Please submit stories below no later than 6 p.m. local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly. Questions?

Contact: Chris Biondi, (508) 626-4343, cbiondi@gatehousemedia.com

News

RED SOX COVERAGE:

HOST MOM WAS EARLY WITNESS TO ELLSBURY’S GREATNESS - Deb Brocklebank is one person who could always picture Jacoby Ellsbury in a Red Sox uniform. In the summer of 2004, she and her husband Steve opened their home and hearts to the now well-known rookie who played for the Falmouth Commodores and spent the summer doing laundry and field work for the team.
CNC, Murphy, 18 inches, on wire now
With photo

SCHOOL ‘CAROLINE’ VIDEO A BIG HIT AMONG RED SOX - When Village School principal Donnie LeClerc and other administrators decided to enter a Red Sox spirit contest hosted by Channel 5 in Boston last week, they had no idea it would eventually lead to folks in the Boston Red Sox front office calling to say how much they appreciated the school’s effort.
CNC, Zywien, 15 inches, on wire now
With video

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SOUTH SHORE RIDES AGAIN WITH GREENBUSH REVIVAL - Officials and residents in five South Shore towns celebrated the return of rail service on the Greenbush line, which has been dormant for almost five decades.
Ledger, Mann, 20 inches, on wire now
With photos

$50K FISHING LURE? - A 150-year-old fishing lure, with a pre-sale estimate of $30k to $50K, tops the offerings at a two-day auction of antique fishing collectibles in Boxborough.
MetroWest, Lodge, 12 inches, 6 p.m.
With photos from Web

WOMAN WHO CRASHED CAR INTO BROCKTON HOSPITAL FACES $10M LAWSUIT - Less than two weeks after a Rockland woman crashed her car into the Brockton Hospital radiation center, killing two employees, the widow of one victim has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the driver.
Enterprise, Alspach, 20 inches, on wire now
With file photo

ARSON CONFESSION - A man confesses to a string of area arsons - including the Blue Hills wildfires and a well publicized blaze last March in Quincy - after acting suspicious following recent dumpster fires in Quincy.
Patriot Ledger, Sears, 12 inches, 7 p.m.
With great file photos of fires he confessed to starting

PILGRIM HEARING - Win some, lose some: Pilgrim Watch, an anti-Pilgrim group, had one of their objections to the relicensing of Pilgrim thrown out by a judge. They are still getting a formal hearing, but on only one objection.
Patriot Ledger, Jette, 14 inches, 7 p.m.

Business

STATE REPS PASS BILL ON NORTHPOINT – State legislators took a big step forward last week in clearing up at least some of the confusion that has been stalling a gigantic East Cambridge development.
CNC, Dunning, 18 inches, on wire now

Opinions

GERTRUDE MURPHY: THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO EMBRYOS - This is the new age of regenerative medicine, healing through the use of adult stem cells. We do not need to spend money or waste time supporting ethically challenged embryonic stem cells.
Ledger guest column, on wire now
With column mug

Sports

A PRO SPORTS BUDGET will be e-mailed this afternoon

Lifestyles

NORTH SHORE'S 'LES MIS' A MASTERFUL MASTERPIECE - Considered by many to be the greatest musical of our generation, “Les Misérables ” by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer is currently wowing audiences at the North Shore Music Theatre.
CNC, Applegate, 25 inches, on wire now
With photos and sidebar

FIDDLEHEAD THEATRE REDEFINING ITSELF AS PROFESSIONAL VENUE - Like Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady,” Fiddlehead Theatre began as one thing and evolved into another. In its newest version, the community theater is on its way to becoming a professional theater, where lead roles are played by professional performers from the Actors Equity Association.
Ledger, Feinberg, 20 inches, on wire now
With photo

STRIPPED-DOWN ‘SWEENEY TODD’ STILL KILLS - Could there be a better time than Halloween to reawaken the tale of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”?
Ledger, Dorman, 20 inches, on wire now
With photo

19TH ANNUAL BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: JEWISH ROOTS, BUT BROAD THEMES - Powerful human stories transcend nationality, and the 19th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival is packed with award-winning films from Israel and other countries about the experiences of Jews that speak to anyone interested in cinema.
Ledger, Feinberg, 22 inches, on wire now
With photos

MONSTER MASH SINGER REMEMBERED - We hear it every year, but to his family, “Monster Mash” is more than a Halloween song. It is a beautiful way in which Pickett continues to live on.
CNC, Guha, 25 inches, on wire now
With photos

LOCAL FILMS FEATURED AT THIS YEAR'S BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL - The Boston Jewish Film Festival collects its films from around the world — the United States, Mexico, France, Canada, Brazi, and, most of all, from the burgeoning cinema industry in Israel. But this year’s festival also has some strong local connections.
CNC, Symkus, 25 inches, on wire now
With photo

'LA BOHEME,' AN OPERA YOUNG PEOPLE CAN ENJOY - It’s completely possible to fall in love with opera at first sight, especially if the opera you’re seeing is Puccini’s “La Bohème,” one of the more popular operas in the world that’s about, well, love at first sight.
CNC, Ma, 25 inches, on wire now
With photo

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